How to get rid of Princess Locker-2 ransomware

What is data encrypting malicious software

Princess Locker-2 ransomware will encrypt your files, because it is ransomware. Ransomware infections are not be taken lightly, as they might result in you losing access to your data. Another reason why file encoding malicious program is believed to be so harmful is that it’s rather easy to acquire the threat. A big part in a successful ransomware attack is user negligence, as infection often infiltrates via spam email attachments, infected adverts and false application downloads. As soon as it is running, it will launch its file encryption process, and once the process is complete, it’ll demand that you pay money to get a decryption method, which will allegedly decrypt your files. You will probably be requested to pay a minimum of a couple hundred dollars, it depends on what data encoding malicious program you have, and how valuable your data is. Even if a minor amount is demanded of you, we don’t suggest complying. Think about whether you will actually get your data back after payment, considering there is nothing preventing criminals from just taking your money. There are many accounts of users receiving nothing after giving into with the demands. Consider investing the money into backup, so that if this were to occur again, you you would not be risking your data. There are plenty of options, and you’ll definitely be able to find the one best matching you. Just delete Princess Locker-2 ransomware, and if you had made backup before the malware infiltrated your system, file restoration should not bring about issues. These threats are lurking everywhere, so you need to be ready. If you want to remain safe, you need to familiarize yourself with possible contaminations and how to shield your system from them.

Ransomware spread methods

Ransomware normally uses quite basic methods for distribution, such as through questionable downloads, corrupted adverts and corrupted email attachments. Only rarely does data encrypting malicious program use methods that are more elaborate.

It’s possible you opened an infected file added to an email, which would prompt the ransomware to initiate. The infected file is added to an email, and then sent out to possible victims. If they wanted, crooks can make those emails very convincing, normally using sensitive topics like money and taxes, which is why we are not surprised that plenty of people open those attachments. In addition to errors in grammar, if the sender, who should definitely know your name, uses greetings such as Dear User/Customer/Member and puts strong pressure on you to open the attachment, it might be a sign that the email contains file encrypting malware. A company whose email is vital enough to open would use your name instead of the common greeting. It wouldn’t be shocking if you see known company names (Amazon, eBay, PayPal) be used, because when people notice a known name, they let down their guard. You might have also picked up the infection through compromised adverts or infected downloads. Compromised web pages could be hosting malicious advertisements, which if pressed may cause malware to download. And if you have to download something, only trust legitimate sites. Sources such as ads and pop-ups aren’t good sources, so never download anything from them. Applications usually update automatically, but if manual update was needed, an alert would be sent to you via the program itself.

What does it do?

If you infect your system, you could be facing permanently encrypted data, and that is what makes ransomware a very dangerous threat to have. It can take mere minutes for it to find its target file types and encode them. Strange file extensions will appear added to all affected files, from which you can judge which data encoding malicious software you’re dealing with. The reason why your files might be not possible to decode for free is because some ransomware use strong encryption algorithms for the encryption process, and it is not always possible to break them. A ransom note will appear once the encryption process is finished, and it ought to explain the situation. The ransom note will offer you a decryption key, for a price, of course, but complying with the demands isn’t recommended. Hackers may just take your money without helping you with your data. The money you provide crooks with would also finance their future criminal projects. The easily made money is constantly luring hackers to the business, which reportedly made more than $1 billion in 2016. As we have said above, a better purchase would be backup, as you would always have copies of all your data stored somewhere. And your data would not be at risk if this type of situation occurred again. If you have chosen to not put up with the demands, proceed to uninstall Princess Locker-2 ransomware if it is still present on the device. And attempt to avoid such infections in the future.

Princess Locker-2 ransomware elimination

You’ll have to obtain anti-malware software to terminate the infection, if it’s still somewhere on your device. If you want to erase Princess Locker-2 ransomware manually, you could end up bringing about further harm, which it isn’t suggested. A better option would be using valid malicious program removal software. There shouldn’t be any issues with the process, as those types of utilities are developed to eliminate Princess Locker-2 ransomware and similar infections. Below this report, you’ll see guidelines to help you, if you aren’t sure how to proceed. Sadly, those tools aren’t capable of decrypting your files, they will just terminate the infection. But, you should also know that some file encrypting malware may be decrypted, and malware researchers could create free decryptors.

1.1. Step 1. Access Safe Mode with Networking.

For Windows 7/Vista/XP

Press and keep pressing F8 as many times as it takes for Advanced Boot Options to appear.

Choose Safe Mode with Networking.

For Windows 8/10 users

Press the power button that appears at the Windows login screen. Press and hold Shift. Click Restart.

Troubleshoot → Advanced options → Startup Settings → Restart.

Choose Enable Safe Mode with Networking.

1.2. Step 2. Remove Princess Locker-2 ransomware.

You should now be able to access your browsers, which you need to use to download a reputable anti-malware program. Pick one that you think suits you the best and scan your computer. When the ransomware is found, remove it with the program.
If you are unable to access Safe Mode with Networking, continue to below.

3.1. Using Data Recovery Pro.

3.2. Recover files via Windows Previous Versions

If System Restore was enabled on your system, you can recover encrypted files via Windows Previous Versions.

Find an encrypted file you want to recover and right-click on it.

Select Properties and then press Previous versions.

Choose what version you want and click Restore.

3.3. Using Shadow Explorer to recover files

If the ransomware did not delete the shadow copies that your operating system automatically makes, you can recover them.

Obtain Shadow Explorer from the official website, install and open it.

In the drop down menu, you need to select the disk with encrypted files.

Click Export on the files that can be recovered.

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